Adiabatic expansion and magnetic fields in AGN jets

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2008-12-25

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4617v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 4 color figures, to be published in Proceedings of Science, The 9th European VLBI Network Symposium

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Results of high-resolution simultaneous multi-frequency 8.1-15.4 GHz VLBA polarimetric observations of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (the MOJAVE-2 project) are analyzed. We compare characteristics of VLBI features with jet model predictions and test if adiabatic expansion is a dominating mechanism for the evolution of relativistic shocks in parsec-scale AGN jets. We also discuss magnetic field configuration, both predicted by the model and deduced from electric vector position angle measurements.

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